While away in California I ended up getting a little too toasty for my liking. SPF’ing myself to death didn’t keep the warm sunny San Diego sun from blessing my medium fair skin with the kiss of death aka a golden glow. No likey a tan of any kind.

My skin is finally adjusting back to it’s normal shade but it’s in the between stages which means dullness. Lucky enough Philosophy took a hint from my Tips and Tricks for Bronze Application by combining a warm shade of bronze with a kiss of warmer blush to spice up my dull skin and bring back that golden glow from California.

The Brown Bobbi Brown Earth Metal Lip and Eye Palette entered my life a few weeks ago and I’m thinking it’s love. So lush, so pretty, so gorgeous…..my heart is palpating after using it the past few weeks.

I’ve been purposely hanging on to the Avon Smooth Minerals Collection until the site had them in stock. As I recall I reviewed some lip items a few months ago that weren’t available online and had to be purchased directly through a rep. This caused for many e-mails asking, “but where can I get them if not online?” I imagine everyone doesn’t have an Avon rep hanging out in their closet that they can bring out and order from you are wanting something….

See my mentality?

Point being I did wait until the collection was up and online until I hopped on board with my review so they are easily available now for your purchasing pleasure.

Tsumori Chisato for Shu Uemura Planet Cat is a brand new, limited edition collaboration before Shu Uemura and Japanese fashion designer, Tsumori Chisato. I generally get excited for Shu releases but this particular collection has me ecstatic. Tsumori Chisato classical take of kawaii really shines through in the design of each piece. For reasons unknown to me I was thinking this might be exclusively available within Asia so you can imagine my delight when I seen it pop up on both Sephora and Nordstrom.

When I first purchased my Clarisonic it was the pink version available for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Pink has now become a standard color of the Clarisonic due to it’s overwhelming popularity…seriously what girl doesn’t adore pink? It was only a matter of time that they adapted this shade and kept it on as a normal color rather than an LE.

This year, the new limited edition Clarisonic Plus is a custom design developed to support the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The design is truly gorgeous and unique and not all pink in theme. Made up of a swirly floral design in a richer deep pink this new brush is available for a limited time for $250. A whopping 50% of the profits from the sales of the brush will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. That’s incredibly generous of Clarisonic!

As you know the Muse is currently holding a few contests for Breast Cancer Awareness this month and also collecting small (or large) donations from readers. Every little bit helps in bringing awareness to this disease. I hope you’ll take time to read some past “pink” posts and join in some of the giveaways being held here. $200 of my own personal funds will be donated to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation at the end of the month.

Visit www.clarisonic.com for further information on the LE Clarisonic Brush. If you’re thinking of indulging in the brush why not purchase this one and support a worthy cause.